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Rick Nash is officially hanging up the skates. The six-time NHL all-star has announced he’s retiring from the NHL after 15 seasons due to unresolved concussion related symptoms. The announcement was made by his agency, Top Shelf Management, in a statement Friday: Statement on behalf of client Rick Nash: pic.twitter.com/DekEvhSevy — Top Shelf Hockey (@Topshelf_TSSM) January…

Jamie Benn continues to prove he can throw em’. The Stars’ captain dropped the gloves with Columbus Blue Jackets forward Josh Anderson in a heavyweight fight Monday evening in Dallas. Anderson caught Benn with a questionable high hit when the two teams faced off last Tuesday in Columbus. Benn was sure ready to throwdown when…

The Columbus Blue Jackets will limp into the regular season without Seth Jones. The all-star defenceman exited Tuesday’s pre-season tilt with the Buffalo Sabres with a knee injury and an MRI revealed a second degree MCL sprain. Jones will be sidelined for four-to-six weeks.

The Blue Jackets’ 45 wins last year only earned them a fourth-place finish in a stacked Metropolitan division. They took the Capitals to Game 6 of the first round but were ultimately defeated by the eventual Stanley Cup champions. Given their young core, Columbus should continue to improve this season, but they failed to add…

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed head coach John Tortorella to a two-year contract extension. #CBJ have signed coach John Tortorella to a two-year contract extension, carrying him thru 2020-21. — Aaron Portzline (@Aportzline) September 12, 2018 One-day before the Blue Jackets are set to open training camp, their bench boss has been signed through…

The Blue Jackets and General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen have agreed on a multi-year contract extension. His contract was set to expire following the upcoming 2018-19 season. #CBJ have announced multi-year contract extensions for president of hockey operations John Davidson, general manager Jarmo Kekalainen and now associate GM Bill Zito. All three were heading into final…

The Columbus Blue Jackets have been on a nice run over the last two seasons, winning the fourth most games (95) in the NHL over that span. After going 45-30-7 this season, the Blue Jackets were bounced in the first round by the eventual Stanley Cup Champions—they’ve still yet to make it out of the…

Oops. I guess I started my season previews too late because I only made it to Ottawa… not even close. Well let’s skip Philadelphia to Winnipeg and just get to my season predictions. This season we could truly see a changing of the guard in the NHL with former basement dwellers like the Edmonton Oilers…

During the 2016-17 season, the Blue Jackets won 50 games for the first time in franchise history, thanks to a 16-game winning streak from November 29th-to-January 3rd—yeah they didn’t lose a game in the month of December. After a successful regular season, the Blue Jackets were bounced in the first round of the playoffs by…

This summer there were changes abound and a lot of the player movement will have a huge impact on the fantasy hockey landscape for the 2017-18 season. In this two-part series we will take a look at 15 players who will be suiting up in new uniforms this fall and what to expect from them with their…